Guisborough Town Football Club's Party on the Pitch 2007

The format will be changing slightly for the 2008 Party on the Pitch. It's going to be massive. There will be one huge headline act that will rock Guisborough like it's never been rocked before. There will also be only one tribute band, it will be the finest in the country. We will also be putting on four of the best local bands as we believe in promoting Teesside's finest bands. The festival will again be geared to the rock genre of music. Make no mistake the headline band/artist will be massive. Get on the Forum or Guestbook and tell us who you want.

Be the first to find out who the "Headliner" will be, send an email to partyonthepitch@hotmail.co.uk and subscribe to our "in the know" mailing service. Be the first to find out and get your tickets early as it is sure to sell out.

Please send your photo's from the day to partyonthepitch@hotmail.co.uk and i will put them on the sites photo album. 

Thanks for coming and making Party on the Pitch 2007 the success that it was. We will be doing it again next year so please feel free to use the guestbook or Forum for feedback and help us make it even better for next year.

Party on the Pitch is an open air music festival to be staged within the grounds of Guisborough Town Football Club - quite literally a Party on the Pitch!

The "party" starts at 1pm with seven excellent bands playing through 'til 10pm. Concert goers are free to bring their own food and drink hampers into the venue and have a picnic if they want. If not, hot and cold food vendors as well as bars both indoors and outside are also available.

Saturday 26th May 2007 - The perfect start to the bank holiday.

In November 2005 Guisborough Town Football club came close to extinction. This was mostly due to the club being unable to self finance it's organisational and running requirements. At this time a new chairman came on board with new and exciting ideas to take the club forward. A new adminstration team was founded who are fully committed to the continual development of the club through fundraising events like this.

Since November 2005 the club has developed from one senior team to the current operation of three senior teams and six junior teams. The club want to grow professionally and continue to provide sporting and social development for all ages, from grass roots through to adulthood.

Guisborough Town F.C. are also committed in helping raise the profile and attract visitors to the market town of Guisborough.

Three of the best tribute bands in the country along with four excellent local Teesside bands and now homegrown stars of TV's  Fame Academy and X-Factor. The music and atmosphere will be superb and this promises to be a thoroughly enjoyable event with music to suit everybodys tastes. 

Celebrity DJ's Scott and Lisa, off Century radio's breakfast show, will be hosting the event ensuring the party never stops.

Mercury were formed in 1998, and are now widely acknowledged as being the UK's No.1 Queen tribute band. Performing with stunning musicianship and vocal accuracy, and breathtakingly accurate visual recreations of Freddie Mercury, Brian May & co, Mercury are a must for all Queen fans.

Mercury's performances have been televised live from Holland to Hungary. A New Years Eve concert in Dubai was broadcast live by MTV Asia to millions of homes. But perhaps Mercury's most memorable moment was being invited to perform a live gig for Roger Taylor and his friends.

Today, Mercury are enjoying success worldwide, filling large venues and leaving audiences feeling fully entertained by the kind of show Queen themselves would have been proud to deliver.

The Legend Lives on......... 

http://www.mercury-queentribute.co.uk/

After performing to 3000 super bikers at Donnington, the band went on to headline the Monsters Of Rock festivals at Butlins, and play in front of 7000 Bikers at the British Motorcycle Federation. Bon Giovi feature in the highly popular ‘Totally Tributes’ themed holidays at Butlins. In 2003 Bon Giovi toured in the UAE, inc Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain.

Formed in 1999, Bon Giovi are incredibly tight as a unit. They convey a sense of professionalism matched only by their sense of humour! These five individually talented musicians have come together to celebrate one of the world's most successful bands.

http://www.bongiovi.co.uk/

The Bryan Adams Experience is a celebration and tribute to the hit songs and enduring popularity of Bryan Adams. Formed in 1997, the four piece band are based in Teesside and replicate live performances that can only be surpassed by Bryan Adams himself.

The part of Bryan Adams is played by Stuart, whose resemblance not only in vocals but also in appearance is so remarkable, that to many watching, Stuart is Bryan Adams. Make no mistake The Bryan Adams Experience is one of the best tribute bands around.

http://www.thebryanadamsexperience.co.uk/

The Beer Pigs are the North East's finest and most versatile covers band. For the last four years they have been entertaining music lovers with strikingly accurate realisations of the finest songs from the last 40 years. From The Beatles to Coldplay....... from Madness to Travis, there is nothing that these boys won't consider. The Beer Pigs play the songs that you want to hear and, for this reason, their success story continues to roll on.

For more info visit; http://www.thebeerpigs.com/

The Fallen are based in the North East of England in the seaside town of Saltburn, The band formed in April 03 when they found a room within their local pub called the 'Victoria' which was renowned for live entertainment. The guys started to build the foundations for this new band venture.

To date the band are currently introducing new songs and writing their own material as well as playing everywhere they can, they have even broken into small clubs, but this will be their first stadium gig!!

The aim now is to be the best Rock 'n' Roll band around, or at least try!

For more info visit  http://www.thefallen.me.uk/

Sugarstone are a 4 piece band from Teesside in the North East of the U.K. Formed in the mid 1990s Sugarstone is still comprised of the original 4 founder members, despite numerous hints to fraz that his particular talents may best be employed elsewhere!

For more info visit;  http://www.sugarstone.net/

The Rhythm Method are made up of six very experienced musicians who play a lively and varied blend of classic soul, R&B and also a great selection of popular brassy favourites.The band was formed in 1994 as the Roll Band from the remnants of Buggies Big Roll Band, but we've been called the Rhythm Method for about six years now. We believe the band is at its very best with the present line up and we have one of the best vocalists in the area. We play a great mix of enjoyable music styles that never fails to please.

http://www.therhythm-method.co.uk/

Andy and Carl Pemberton are local lads from Middlesbrough and will be playing a 45-minute set at our festival.

Their rise to fame came on X-Factor in 2005. Simon Cowell, their mentor on the show was so impressed with their talents he gave them a recording deal. They went onto to release their well acclaimed debut album “Journey South” in March 2006 which reached number one in the first week of its release and went on to become a double platinum album.

Invited by Prince Charles to perform for a private function in March 2006, Andy and Carl are honoured to be ambassadors of the Princes Trust. 

Their highly successful tour followed in September 2006, taking in 38 venues. Their harmonies and heartfelt performances have wowed audiences nationwide, playing to over 80,000 people, ending in December at Manchester. They are set to be one of the North East’s biggest acts.

Local lad Alistair Griffin will be playing a set at Party on the Pitch. Alistair hit our screens on the BBC's Fame Academy where he made the final and narrowly missed out on winning the show.  Since Fame Academy Alistair has had a top 5 hit and has performed a duet with Robin Gibb of the Bee Gee's.  More recently Alistair hit the headlines when he released a charity song for Macmillan Cancer Support which was about Boro's Mark Viduka.

Alistair has performed on Top of the Pops and in front of 70 000 people at Party in the Park. Alistar has now returned home for a one off set at Party on the Pitch.

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Online ticket booking facility now available on the ticket information page.

A photo album will be added to the site after the festival, anyone wanting pictures of the day putting on it please email them to me at partyonthepitch@hotmail.co.uk